Geological Discovery. In excavating the ground at the Tivoli for building purposes (afterwards called Silverlands) in the autumn of 1860, a large collection of bones were got out, some of them of an immense size, clearly indicating that these fossil remains were those of two members of the Iguanadon family. The discovery was prosecuted diligently, and ultimately the bones were sent to London in a number of long cases.
Lectures.
“An Hour with the Microscope“ was the title of a lecture delivered by Mr. W. Selway, of London. The weather was extremely boisterous, but those who ventured to leave a comfortable fireside to buffet a strong sou’-wester, were amply repaid by what Mr. Selway had to tell them.
A Lecture on Henry 8th was delivered in the Wesleyan Schoolroom on the 12th of December by the Rev. R. Jones. The lecturer first treated of History in a general way, and then entered into the manners and customs of the age. Following that was an account of the warlike contests between England, Scotland and France, the Pope’s domination and the power wrested from his hands.
“Metropolitan Sights, or A Week in London” was what the Treasurer of the Mechanics’ Institution (T. B. Brett) commenced a series of readings and lectures on Tuesday, December 11th. Of this reading, the Hastings News said “Notwithstanding the unfavourable weather there was a good attendance. Among the many objects noticed were London Bridge, the Monument, St. Pauls Cathedral, the Mansion House, the Bank of England, Royal Exchange, Guildhall, various noted churches, the halls of the City Companies and many other places of interest.The whole was given in a discursive and pleasing manner, and Mr. Brett was frequently applauded.
Laundress’ Strike.
A strike among the toilers of the feminine gender is rather a novelty, but such a novelty occurred on the 3rd of October, and the people of St. Leonards were witnesses thereto. The fair dames of frothy waters and the smoothers of crinoline thought fit to tell the “Missus” and all others who might feel concerned, a bit of their mind, which was something after this fashion:- “For years and years we washed and ironed, and ironed and washed from 6 in the morning till 9 at night, not so much to enrich the “missus” as to enable her to take work at starving prices. We shan’t do it any longer.” This determination having been agreed upon by some forty or fifty of these over-worked and justly complaining women, the Crier was dispatched on an errand of mercy, to proclaim to the world that the public washers and ironers of St. Leonards intended only to work to the end of the week on existing conditions, and that if at such period their -
